You Promised Me, Mr. Lee San-ha - Chapter 127



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Episode 127: Can Humanity Be Washed?

I got up from my bed, which I had been lying in all day.

Looking at the bed marks that were shaped like people, I suddenly remembered the old days.

My mother once said this to Ida In, who slept like a corpse every weekend.

‘You’re getting bedsores, you bitch!’

When you live alone, there are times when you miss the hustle and bustle of being with your family.

… … I don’t miss the sound of Idae-in running around, opening and closing the door as if she was going to break it down.

Feeling uncomfortable with the silence, I opened the closet and muttered to myself.

“What should I wear today… … .”

The closet is empty.

As I was going on extended vacation, I realized that I had dropped off all my clothes at the dry cleaners.

‘Fortunately, they said the laundry would be done today.’

After finding your clothes, you’ll have plenty of time to get ready to go out.

I left the house in my training clothes.

* * *

I walked down a few blocks and arrived at a laundromat called [Shinyoung Computer-Laundry].

These days, there are a lot of laundry chains like Cleanpia and World Cleaning, but… … I don’t trust them.

I was worried that my clothes would get damaged if I washed them in a large washing machine at the factory.

That’s why I prefer these old-fashioned laundromats.

I also liked the strange sense of stability that the steam scent of the iron and the scent of evaporating solvent gave me.

The moment you open the door, you are greeted by a pleasant scent.

“You thief!”

Someone shattered my little happiness.

When I heard it was a thief, I just assumed that some customer had stolen clothes from the store.

But the prediction was completely wrong.

Instead, the customer was yelling and threatening the owner.

The laundry lady, whose hair was turning gray, kept waving her hands.

“I told you there really isn’t any… … .”

“If you say there isn’t any, that’s it?! This is really unbelievable?”

The woman with the perm shouted at the store owner, pointing her finger at him.

Looking at the atmosphere where he is threatening and demanding, I wonder if he came to get something done.

“I clearly left the clothes here! A mink coat!”

… … You got it wrong.

The cause of this conflict has been revealed.

It appears the laundry owner has lost a customer’s clothes.

‘If it’s a mink coat, it must be really expensive… … .’

Considering that they only charge a few thousand won for washing one set of clothes, it’s a lot of money to pay in compensation.

I don’t know how it got lost, but it’s really unfortunate.

The laundry lady let out a deep sigh and said.

“I showed you every nook and cranny of the store several times. I even showed you the ledger. How can I return clothes I never received…?”

What on earth is going on here?

There is an atmosphere where the arrow of responsibility that has been pointing in one direction until now seems to be pointing in the opposite direction.

But the curly-haired lady did not back down.

“I told my son to take it to Shinyoung Computer Laundry! And I haven’t seen him since that day. So does that mean my son lied?!”

“Oh, that’s not it… … . Are you confusing it with another laundromat… … .”

“Is there another computer laundromat in this neighborhood?! You keep trying to get away with it somehow? Huh?!”

The laundry lady just frowns and struggles.

Proving innocence is always difficult.

Because there is evidence for ‘doing’ something, but there is no evidence for ‘not doing’ something.

The conflict did not seem likely to be easily resolved.

The curly-haired lady banged on the ironing board.

“What should I do? I have to wear it and go out tomorrow!”

“If you ask me what to do… … .”

I’ll take advantage of the brief delay to grab some clothes and go.

It may seem docile, but if I stay here all day, there will be no answer.

“Excuse me, boss… … ?”

“Oh, you’re here, young man? The laundry is done, but I haven’t ironed it yet. I’ll make it pretty quickly—”

The moment the laundry lady smiled and greeted me, I heard a roar that sounded like a pterosaur being strangled.

“This is crazy!”

Huh? What the. Give me back my eardrums.

For a long time, a ringing sound lingered in my ears.

It seems that there will be sequelae in the semicircular canals.

The curly-haired lady let out a second shout.

“Hey you bitch! My eyes are wide open right now, where are you looking?! Huh?! I’m not done talking yet!”

The laundry lady, who couldn’t stand it any longer, finally said something.

“Why do you keep doing this? What do you want me to do with something I’ve never received?!”

It was extremely passive resistance, but it was enough to drive the curly-haired lady crazy.

“What the hell! Shouldn’t you be asking?! Do you know how much that mink coat costs?! The only time a slut like you can touch it is when you wash it.”

The curly-haired lady suddenly opened her eyes as if she remembered something.

“Come to think of it, isn’t that it?! Stealing my clothes and pretending not to know anything? Wasn’t that on the news before?! The incident where the laundry owner took my clothes and said he was going to throw them away because I hadn’t brought them in for a few days! This bitch is a real thief?!”

The laundry lady even shed tears as if she felt wronged.

“I’ve been in this neighborhood for over 20 years, 20 years! When I first started my business, I ironed the clothes of the newlyweds who came in, and when their child grew up, I washed all the suits he wore to work. And now, are you going to throw away all the credit and reputation you’ve built up over the years just because you want a single piece of clothing?”

“That could be true! Do you think those clothes are a bit expensive?!”

Looking at that curly-haired lady who’s still being stubborn, it seems like it’s nonsense and there’s no solution.

I couldn’t delay any longer.

“auntie.”

The curly-haired woman with her eyes half-rolled turned around and shouted.

“What are you doing, meddling?! My work isn’t done yet!”

She spat out frothy saliva as if she had rabies.

I found myself shrinking without realizing it, wondering if I was having a seizure.

“Have you… … by any chance looked for it at your house? You might have stored it somewhere hard to reach. Or maybe in a warehouse or on the veranda―”

“Do I look like an idiot?! I’m saying this because I looked everywhere and couldn’t find anything!”

As expected, it is not easy to agree.

But I couldn’t back out like this.

I have to somehow get a promise to get out of this hellish rut.

“Let’s look a little further. Even the owner of the laundry shop here doesn’t know, so there’s no way.”

“It doesn’t exist because that bitch is hiding it!”

“Please look for it one more time. If it comes up―”

At that moment, the impatient, curly-haired lady took the bait.

“What if I come out after you? Should I just pay you back the price of the clothes? As compensation!?”

“Uh… … Yes. Then let’s do that.”

Tiring!

‘You’re making a promise so easily when I didn’t even specifically ask you to make a promise?’

It’s like watching a fish jumping around on its own and then jumping into the fishing net.

Without another second thought, I opened the status window and forcibly fulfilled the promise of [asking for the price of the clothes when you come out].

Then, the curly-haired lady suddenly stuck to the ground.

C-c-c!

Crouching position, as if about to start a sprint.

I quickly opened the laundry door.

“Go! Poglemon!”

Ding-!

The doorbell rang and the shaggy-haired athlete began to run.

Tadadadadadadadadada-

A crazy guy with curly hair who shoots out at a speed that would make a track and field athlete envious.

The sight of them running while scattering snow powder looked like a wild beast running through a snowy field.

The laundry lady’s eyes widened.

“Where did that lady go?”

“Um… … Should we go on a treasure hunt that, if we’re lucky, will be over quickly, and if we’re unlucky, it will take up to 24 hours without finding anything?”

* * *

The laundry lady started ironing.

“There have been many people who asked for clothes that weren’t even given to them, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone so mean, a first.”

“Is there more than I thought?”

“Every time the season changes, one or two people come. But in those cases, I usually wonder where the laundry is in the house. But no one apologizes and says they were wrong. Haha… … .”

The laundry lady laughed it off as if she had found relief.

I didn’t know what to say to comfort her bitter smile.

I just realized that there are all kinds of truths in the world.

Finally, the laundry lady neatly ironed every last piece of clothing and hung it on a hanger.

“Okay, that’s it, handsome young man.”

“thank you.”

The warm, steamy scent from the clothes gave me a pleasant sense of coziness.

The moment I was happily organizing my clothes and about to leave the laundry shop, someone bumped into the door.

……bang!

She was a lady with curly hair.

She was covered in garbage and excrement all over her body.

The laundry owner was left terrified again.

but.

“… … was.”

“Huh? What did you say… … ?”

The curly-haired woman turned over the black envelope she was holding in her hand and took out its contents.

A furry creature covered in black grime.

It looks exactly like the corpse of a wild animal.

But if you look closely… … .

“The mink coat! It was at home!”

It was the heirloom number one that the curly-haired lady had been desperately searching for.

“I have a lot of time in the room and I will be hidden in that state! It’s the same because I have a baby to kill!

She screamed in indignation.

“How much is this! This, this, this tag! Huh?! It’s not 100% natural… … mountain? What are you talking about now. It’s 100%, but it’s 100% faux fur? So, this… … is it worth about a hundred thousand won?”

The lady with the messy hair, who was in a state of mental breakdown, searched for the model name on her cell phone.

“Regular price 120,000 won… … . Discounted price 97,000 won… … ? This can’t be happening! Didn’t my husband say he bought it for 800,000 won?! These son-of-a-bitch’s children! Father and son are tricking me together? Aaaah!”

A loud noise, as if the atmosphere was vibrating.

The force is no joke, as the wind blows just at the right time and the windows rattle.

“Kurrrrrr… …! I can’t stand it, you damn seeds!”

Her whole face turned red, and she tore the fur to shreds with just her teeth.

Sizzle- sizzle!

The curly-haired woman shouted as she put the torn clothes into a bag.

“president!”

“Huh, yeah?!”

“How would you like 120,000 won? Card? No, that’s after deducting taxes?! Wouldn’t a bank transfer or cash be better?! I’ve been running around in sewers and manure all over the place, so I’ve run out of money! Tell me the account number!”

“Uh, no, it’s okay… … .”

The laundry lady waved her hands in horror.

But the curly-haired lady was stubborn.

“Hey, what’s weird? I clearly promised to pay for the clothes… …?”

She had her neck twisted in a grotesque way, like a creature from a horror movie.

Her blood pressure rose because of her husband and son, and her face turned pale, making her look truly inhuman.

“It’s strange, it …

“Oh, I understand! I’ll call your account, so you can go!”

The laundry lady, completely overcome by fear, ended up calling out her account number.

The pug-haired monster left the laundromat only after confirming that the remittance was complete.

The gait is still strange because the promise fulfillment process has not been completed yet.

‘It’s like a creature drama, like Sweet House or Home.’

I shook my head as I looked at the back of the pug-haired monster.

At that moment, the laundry shop owner shouted urgently.

“Excuse me, sir! The money you deposited is… … .”

The bald head monster just turns his head back.

“That’s the amount that includes the cost of the clothes, credit, reputation, and even the cost of obstructing business. Isn’t that enough? Tell me how much you want. I can deposit more.”

“No, no! The money you just gave me is too much… … .”

“Heh, heh heh heh. Heh heh heh heh… … Take it.”

The monster with the terrifying visuals left behind only laughter.

Looking forward to the bloody festival towards her husband and son who will soon be welcomed.

The laundry lady looked really scared, but… … .

‘Well, I guess what’s good is good.’

I packed my clothes and left the laundromat.

The sun is already setting.

I had to hurry to get to Ahn Hee-yeon’s house on time.